Archive 2024

Former Strovolos mayor and Edek member Savvas Iliophotou has called for the resignation of the party’s leader Marinos Sizopoulos, following the abysmal results of the three centrist parties – Edek, ...

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus displayed a slight yet steady increase in May 2024, compared to the same month last year, with the primary markets sustaining robust performance levels, the Cyprus Statistical ...

The government on Monday unveiled its new “accountability website”, which lists and explains government policy and decisions. The new website, www.diakivernisi.gov.cy, was unveiled by undersecretary to the ...

Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou hit out against the UN peacekeeping force (Unficyp) on Monday over the dozens of migrants stranded in the buffer zone for weeks. The migrants from countries ...

Hourly labour costs (total costs) in Cyprus saw a 4.9 per cent increase during the first quarter of 2024, when compared to the same period during the previous year, according to a ...

The Larnaca regional tourism board (Etap) on Monday announced that Larnaca has clinched the fifth spot in DiscoverCars.com’s survey of Europe’s top 20 most scenic driving destinations. This ...

Nurses fumed on Monday over reported plans to reduce the minimum Greek language requirement for third country nationals who wish to practise nursing in Cyprus. Trade union Pasydy expressed “strong ...

Watch people disembarking from a plane in Larnaca or Paphos, and it’s immediately clear who’s been to Cyprus before! While visitors struggle with their bags, passports and hangovers, ...

Three British opinion polls released late on Saturday presented a grim picture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, and one pollster warned that the party faced “electoral extinction” ...

Russia said on Monday that a Swiss-hosted conference on the Ukraine war had produced negligible results and showed the futility of holding talks without Moscow. The Kremlin was commenting on ...

The Terraolivo international olive oil competition kicked off in Cyprus for the first time on Monday. The competition had been held in Israel for the first 14 years of its existence, ...

The Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca will be closed to visitors on Wednesday due to the traditional pilgrimage taking place at the site to mark the fourth day of Eid ...

Naked and worn-out electricity cables running through forested areas are a significant cause of fires and that risk, as well as the risk from illegal rubbish dumps, has been predictable ...

Employment in Cyprus’ broad public sector exceeded 75,000 people in the first quarter of the year, reflecting an increase of 4.1 per cent, primarily due to a rise in employment within the ...

Cyprus’ general government recorded a surplus of approximately €600 million in the first quarter of 2024, reflecting a 58 per cent increase from the previous year, driven by revenue growth outpacing expenditure, according ...

Campaigning kicked off in France on Monday for a snap parliamentary election which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will win, with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance coming ...

Half of Cyprus’ beaches may disappear within the next 50 years due to rising sea levels, climate scientist Dr Giorgos Zittis from the Cyprus Institute has warned. “Sea level rise is ...

A defendant has the right to know why they are being brought to court in order to be able to defend themselves It is the fundamental right of every defendant ...

The 24-year-old YouTube prankster Fidias Panayiotou was all people talked about last week. Surprising everyone – even himself – Fidias was not only elected MEP but also managed one of the biggest ...

The Finance Ministry is contemplating a return to financial markets in the near future, aiming to capitalise on the Cypriot economy’s positive momentum, which has been further reinforced by ...

State health services (Okypy) representatives are to meet with doctors’ trade unions on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to avoid the strike planned by doctors for Thursday. According to the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of ...

Two men were arrested in Paphos after they were found with almost 1.5kg of cannabis, police said on Monday. The incident unfolded on Sunday evening at around 9:30pm. Police stopped ...

Several cases of heat exhaustion have been reported across public hospitals in Cyprus since the onset of the current heatwave, state health services (Okypy) spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou said on Monday. ...